Abstract Temperature dependences of the dielectric constant along the ferroelectric c-axis have been measured at various pressures up to 7.9 GPa in DKDP. The vanishing of the ferroelectric state has been observed at 6.3 GPa. The Curie constant C has been saturated to about three fourths of that at atmospheric pressure above 4 GPa even if the transition temperature T becomes 0. The vanishing of Tc with finite C is theoretically derived from the temperature dependence of electric polarizability in displacive type ferroelectrics. The crossover of the order-disorder type to the displacive one under high pressure is discussed on the mechanism of phase transition to explain these experimental results in DKDP.

10.1080/00150190008216246

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Vanishing of the ferroelectric state with a finite Curie constant in the hydrogen-bond crystal KD2PO4 at high pressure

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